Avoid this company! - Anonymous employee Smart Meetings Employee Review

1.0
May 14, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They put on a great face to the public.

Cons

This is the most dysfunctional company I have ever worked for. I would not recommend this company to anyone. Please read through the reviews and you will see a common theme: manage by fear and intimidation, high turnover, lack of trust and respect, dishonesty, their way or the highway. The company has asked for specific examples. Here's a couple: owners hold a staff meeting and tell the staff it's their fault that they have not been able to come up with a down payment on a new home (they currently lease a $5M house); or how about the CEO telling the staff she had to let her personal assistant go because the sales weren't high enough to keep her. The management routinely asks their employees to add good reviews to offset the bad ones. They have maybe six long-term employees that faithfully do so. I am not a disgruntled employee, however, their rebuttal will probably state that I am. Please beware of this company! It is not a healthy environment to work in.

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Smart Meetings Response
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How could someone so hateful have sat at our meeting, made up lies and posted this. We can't imagine being this ugly- it's really surprising that we trusted and believed in someone- gave them a great opportunity and they thank us like this- this is where karma will prevail. Please start a company with your blood sweat and tears and let's us come critique you... The very compassion you want you have no ability to display. It's a shame so many of these posts came while our CEO was battling cancer with an infant. Really puts it in perspective.

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